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Submit your views

When a committee launches an inquiry, or starts looking at a Bill, they ask the public to submit their views. This is called a "call for views".

A call for views:

  • aims to help the committee understand the reasons people have for either supporting or opposing an issue
  • will not establish whether more people support or oppose an issue

All committees can carry out inquiries into any subject in their remits (area of responsibility).

You can search for any calls for views run by a committee since the start of the current session (May 2021).  Filter by individual committee, or search by the title of a call for views.

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Displaying 18 calls for views

Bile na Croitearachd agus Cùirt an Fhearainn

Status: Open

Tha a Chomataidh Chisean Dthchail is Eileanan a coimhead air Bile na Croitearachd agus Cirt an Fhearainn agus tha iad airson do bheachdan a chluinntinn. D th' ann am Bile na Croitearachd agus Cirt an Fhearainn? Tha am Bile ann an d phirt Tha Pirt ...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill The Bill as introduced changes the services and support provided to people in the children's care system, or who have ever had experience of that system. Those changes include: giving people who left the care system before their ...

Closes: 01 September 2025

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is seeking views on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Incompatibility Duty (Scotland) Bill. Your views will inform the Committee's scrutiny. About this ...

Closes: 01 September 2025

Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill Under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 parents can withdraw a child from religious education and religious observance in school. Religious education can also be known as religious and moral education. Part 1 of the Bill would requir...

Closes: 01 September 2025

Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is seeking views on a Bill which will establish a Commissioner for Older People in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. About this call for views The Commissioner for O...

Closes: 12 September 2025

Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill The Commissioner for Older People will promote and safeguard the rights and interests of older people in Scotland. The Bill defines older people as those who are aged 60 years old and over. The Commissioner will have various roles, ...

Closes: 12 September 2025

Criminal Justice Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Status: Open

The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on its pre-budget scrutiny ahead of the Scottish Governments 2026-27 budget. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. About this call for views As part of its pre-budget scrutiny of the 2026-...

Closes: 09 September 2025

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill

Status: Open

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill and wants to hear your views. What is the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill? The Bill is in two parts Part 1 makes a number of specific changes to ...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill The Bill is in two main parts. Part 1 deals with crofting. This part of the Bill makes various changes to the law on crofting. It will amend the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 and the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. It introduces...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny 2025

Status: Open

The draft Climate Change Plan (CCP) is a strategy document which outlines how the Scottish Government intends to meet emissions reduction targets across all portfolio areas and sectors of the economy. The Climate Change Plan (CCP) is a statutory do...

Closes: 19 September 2025

Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Scottish Parliaments Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee is seeking your views on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. The call for views and analysis: aim to help the Committee understand the r...

Closes: 09 September 2025

Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill Ecocide is defined in the Bill as causing severe environmental harm in such a way that is either reckless or intentional. For this Bill, Severe, means environmental harm that has serious adverse effects, and is either widespread or lo...

Closes: 09 September 2025

Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

Pam Gosal MSP is proposing a new law to help prevent domestic abuse in Scotland. The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on the proposed new law called the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill. Those views will inform the Committees...

Closes: 15 September 2025

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on a proposal by Ash Regan MSP for a new law about prostitution in Scotland. Those views will inform the Committees scrutiny. About this call for views The proposed new law is the Prostitution (Offe...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

About the Bill The Bill creates a new offence of paying for sexual acts. The Bill also repeals the existing offence under section 46 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 of soliciting and importuning by prostitutes. People who have been conv...

Closes: 05 September 2025

Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny

Status: Open

The Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee has launched an inquiry on the transparency of intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny and Ministerial accountability. About this call for views The...

Closes: 29 August 2025

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill

Status: Open

The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is seeking views on a Bill which will promote consideration by public bodies of sustainable development and the wellbeing of future generations. Responses to this call for views will help to inform th...

Closes: 24 August 2025

Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

Status: Open

The Bill sets out that public bodies must take account of the need to promote wellbeing and sustainable development in their work. It sets out the definitions of sustainable development and wellbeing for this purpose. The Bill would also establish a...

Closes: 25 August 2025